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protist,

If the government was taking 45% of anyone’s money, there would be no deficit, Social Security would be dolvent in perpetuity, and we’d easily be able to provide universal healthcare. Instead, not a single god damn person pays anywhere close to 45% of their money in taxes

protist,

A 2019 audit found that the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities was not regularly checking shelters against the Sex Offender Registry Board, and concluded that the agency had failed to alert families to the presence of sex offenders. Now, they say they check every six months.

protist,

How do you do that? I’ve worked in healthcare for years and don’t think we ever did this

protist,

The difference being CMS has the power to create and implement federal regulations, I suppose. There isn’t any equivalent federal regulation around homeless shelters, as far as I’m aware.

protist,

I was

protist,

This article doesn’t say “but distribution blocked” anywhere, that is OP’s invention. They only started receiving shipments today. The article quotes a “US aid chief” as saying other land crossings and humanitarian corridors are still needed in addition to this pier.

protist, (edited )

Austin’s been trying hard! Every effort at rewriting the land development code to allow for denser development has been struck down by state courts after lawsuits or the legislature has intervened. City Council is trying to find legally bulletproof methods of allowing increased density. It’s hard to see how decreasing the buildable lot size can be undone, but I also live in Texas and know our state government doesn’t care as much about the law as they do about their feels.

Now the state is trying to stop us from building the light rail system we voted for a couple years ago, too…

Also that old pic is missing like 10 towers

protist,

For real, a shot of vodka doesn’t justify $13 for a drink, it’s the rent that does that

protist,

The defense minister closed with an ultimatum: “I call on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a decision and declare that Israel will not establish civilian control over the Gaza Strip, that Israel will not establish military governance in the Gaza Strip, and that a governing alternative to Hamas in the Gaza Strip will be raised immediately.” With these words, the Israeli defense establishment effectively launched a revolt against the Netanyahu government—and the dreams of its far-right flank to flood Gaza with Israeli settlers.

Gallant is far from the only person to press Netanyahu on this matter. For months, President Joe Biden and his administration have called for Israel to work with the Palestinian Authority—the Hamas rival that governs the West Bank—to establish a new administration in Gaza. Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, two former IDF chiefs turned opposition politicians, joined Netanyahu’s government after October 7 on the condition that a committee be created to formulate a Gaza exit strategy. But despite all of this external and internal pressure, no such plan has materialized—for a very straightforward reason: Netanyahu cannot publicly commit to a postwar plan for Gaza that includes Palestinians, because the day-after plan of his far-right partners is to get rid of those Palestinians.

Yesterday, standing at a lectern emblazoned with the words settlement in gaza will bring security, the far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told a rally of thousands that the only way to defeat Hamas is to “return home” to Gaza and encourage “voluntary emigration” of its Palestinian population—a euphemism for ethnic cleansing. “Tell them,” Ben-Gvir declared, “‘Go to your homes, go to your countries. This is ours now and forever.’” Shlomo Karhi, a hard-right member of Netanyahu’s faction, offered similar sentiments. “In order to preserve the security achievements for which so many of our troops gave up their lives,” he said, “we must settle Gaza, with security forces and with settlers.”

These paragraphs are a decent snapshot of what’s happening politically in Israel if you don’t want to read the whole thing

protist,

I disagree that it’s a euphemism. It’s a term with a specific meaning

Ethnic cleansing has been described as part of a continuum of violence whose most extreme form is genocide. Ethnic cleansing is similar to forced deportation or population transfer. While ethnic cleansing and genocide may share the same goal and methods (e.g., forced displacement), ethnic cleansing is intended to displace a persecuted population from a given territory, while genocide is intended to destroy a group.

protist,

This isn’t a new thing. If anything, our expectations that these sorts of voices won’t be silenced is what’s new

protist,

Under English law, British media are restricted in their reporting owing to Letby’s upcoming retrial.

This seems to answer the question

protist,

For someone with such strong opinions about this, I don’t think you know much about the operation of cargo ships…

protist,

Lmao at that graph in the thumbnail. “Assuming growth under Biden continues and accelerates through 2040, we’ve pulled these data points out of our asses and made them red.”

protist,

I took 5 seconds to look it up, and the name is an amalgam of the founders’ parents’ names

First case of highly pathogenic avian influenza transmitted from cow to human confirmed (www.sciencedaily.com)

In March a farm worker who reported no contact with sick or dead birds, but who was in contact with dairy cattle, began showing symptoms in the eye and samples were collected by the regional health department to test for potential influenza A. Experts have now confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza...

protist,

There have been almost 1000 confirmed H5N1 cases in humans over the past 20 years, and over that time it’s infected many different mammals. What’s different this time is the virulent cattle-to-cattle transmission happening in the US. A human catching it from close contact with an infected animal is not unusual

protist,

There sure are a lot of absurd pseudoscientific claims on that site. Dandelions are great to eat, but they’re not miracle drugs like this woman is trying to sell you on

protist,

Jorge Glad seems genuinely corrupt and likely belongs in prison. Mexico probably would’ve handed the guy over after fully evaluating his asylum claim. Ecuador made a serious mistake breaking in to the Mexican Embassy, imo. Looks like Nicaragua followed Mexico in breaking off diplomatic ties with Ecuador too

protist,

Braid and Limbo were my faves. More games like these please

protist,

I can only assume you’re not referencing this article in your rant, because the guy responsible for this one is under criminal indictment for it

protist,

I’m going to play scientist here and not knee-jeek call these people names. Is there actually any evidence of viable viral transmission in raw cow’s milk? The expression and transmission of viruses in human breast milk is an extremely complex subject. Antibodies are often expressed in breast milk, and active viruses are only sometimes expressed, with highly variable infection rates among infants based on the type of virus. So my genuine question: What evidence is there supporting this warning not to drink raw milk for fear of H5N1 transmission?

protist,

The possibility of bacterial growth in unpasteurized milk is without question, but this clearly states there is no known evidence that flu virus can be passed through raw milk. So why are there official warnings being issued about this? I want to be clear I don’t think drinking raw milk is a good idea, but I also want the public to trust our institutions, and putting out a warning based on zero evidence doesn’t foster trust

protist,

You can absolutely bet this strain is being accounted for in the annual flu vaccine that will be released in the fall

protist,

It’s already been developed, it would just need to be produced. The timeline on mass producing a flu vaccine is a matter of a few months since the infrastructure to produce hundreds of millions of doses each year already exists

protist,

It feels like you’re picking quotes from articles that are lacking context. Yes, the US has a stockpile of several hundred thousand H5N1 vaccines, and no, that wouldn’t cover everyone, but the capacity exists to ramp up production quickly and have hundreds of millions of doses available to the US public within 3-4 months.

Yes, producing 4-8 billion doses of any vaccine is going to take time. Obviously the country that develops, tests, and manufactures a new vaccine is going to fund production for its own people first. That “elite” dig is just not necessary.

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